Uninstalled the CU, rebooted, verified ALL SQL services were off, ran the update again - same result.

Going to Microsoft now.

I did fairly well on the practice exam last Friday (even with CNN playing in the background), so thanks for deflating my confidence. 😉

BTW, the most recent CU for MSQQL 2008 R2 SP2 is CU 5. Would installing CU4 or 5 be a likely fix or would I be digging a...

Might uninstalling the CU break the instance? Since the instance was in Script Update mode when it was restarted following the failed install, it appears that the databases,...

Does pausing the passive node you're installing on have the same effect and is an equally valid action?

Found it - Thanks.

Unfortunately, the CU upgrade is still failing.

And the issue described in the KB article linked above? Still occurring.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) - 10.50.4266.0 (X64) Sep 26 2012 17:08:07 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Enterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 <X64>...

If a large percentage of rows have a.URL is NULL, then might it be beneficial to add a sparse index to that the update would only touch pages are rows...

If I can add to this question, it is possible to set SQL clustered instances using free tools like VMPlayer for a home educational lab, or must one invest in...

Is it possible you're logging into an existing session where SQL Management Studio was already running and the app simply hasn't refreshed the object restore pane since the restore was...

This caught my attention as we are planning on installing SQL 2008 R2 SP2 next week.

Did you try changing the timeout setting as GrumpyDBA suggests here?

http://grumpydba.blogspot.com/2012/09/sql-2008-r2-reporting-services-wont.html

What is the purpose of additional server nodes if you're not going to extend the SQL cluster there? If the servers with SQL go down, you're down. ...

I suppose you can make the server part of a Windows Cluster, but the existing SQL instances would not be be clustered (able to failover). A clustered SQL...

Use an XCOPY or ROBOCOPY script to copy the backup files. The script can be launched either from a SQL Job, SQL Mainanance Plan or a Windows Task Scheduler...